This Moment {3/8/13}
This moment… a single photo – no words – capturing this moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. This moment is one I want to pause, savor and remember. Thanks to Amanda for the...
View ArticleFrom Farm to Freezer – Healthy Choice Meals
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks for our family. David has been working odd shifts at different schools around the district, filling in for others who are taking vacation or out on medical leave, so...
View ArticleThe Best of Friends
I love it when my daughters are the best of friends. There is very little that can brighten my mood like the sight of them playing and grinning, the sound of their giggles. It doesn’t happen as often...
View ArticleEaster Flashback Pictures
It’s time for an Easter Flashback! I love looking at pictures of my big girls when they were little. Looking at the girls now, at 10 and 11, it’s hard to believe they were once so toddler chubby...
View ArticleA Lovely Easter – #WW Link-Up!
We had a lovely Easter holiday, and I hope you all did too! The weekend started off with a visit to Aunt Mishelle’s house, where the girls searched for Easter eggs and played with their cousin, Jasper....
View ArticleChicken Dance and a Roller Skating Party #WW
We were invited to a roller skating party for a family friend’s 5-year old. I was a little nervous about it — neither David nor I have roller skated since 1991-ish, Lakin is afraid to try roller...
View ArticleHappy Memorial Day!
It’s Memorial Day and the pools are open! We’ve spent the last two days in the pool and it has been wonderful. We plan to spend a good bit of our summer there, soaking up the sun’s rays. I really love...
View ArticleTogether Again for Memorial Day
My family is {almost} all together again, and it is shaping up to be a very busy week. The first day of every month is difficult for David and I, as we are reminded that another month has ticked by...
View ArticleHappy Birthday Party! #WW
This past weekend, our family celebrated the second and third birthdays of my nephew Avery and my niece Abby. It was a beautiful day for a birthday party – sunshine bright and full of laughter and the...
View ArticleA Father’s Day Letter To My Grieving Husband
Happy Father’s Day to you, my love. Thank you for being a wonderful and caring dad to our tweens. You would have been the most amazing daddy to our baby girl. In the short time that we knew her, the...
View ArticleOutdoor Summer Fun… Rain or Shine!
In Upstate South Carolina, it’s been raining to beat the band. We’ve watched a lot of Netflix and played a lot of Minecraft and Pokemon games, but we’ve also managed to squeeze in some outdoor summer...
View ArticleBig News In Our House!
It’s been a busy week in our household! First and foremost, if you haven’t already seen the big news on my Facebook page, let me be the first to tell you our wonderful news! We’re pregnant! Baby #4,...
View ArticleInstaFriday – 9/13/13
It’s Friday! I’m excited to share my week in pictures via Jeannett’s InstaFriday link-up at Life Rearranged. I’m thedestinymanifest on instagram, if you’d like to follow me. I’m excited that I finally...
View ArticleBaby Steps and Rainbows
Thinking about: It’s been a full week since I wrote for the blog or myself, and it’s been a long time since I’ve gone that long without writing. I apologize if it is tiresome to keep reading that “it’s...
View ArticleWhat’s On Your Fridge? {Old School Blogging} #OSBlog
It’s August… time for some more Old School Blogging! Elaine (Miss Elaine-ous) and Katie (Sluiter Nation) want to see what’s on your fridge (or in your fridge, for that matter). I’m not going to show...
View ArticleA Stolen Few Minutes… And A Gender Announcement!
It has been two months since I last wrote for my blog, and I have missed it sorely. We are currently without internet access at home, and my schedule has become dense with various appointments. I’m not...
View ArticleReaching Out To Ask for Help
I’ve been debating with myself about posting this for a couple of weeks, but it’s become necessary and unavoidable, unfortunately. We’ve lived paycheck to paycheck for a very long time. We have been...
View ArticleA Father’s Day Letter To My Grieving Husband
Happy Father’s Day to you, my love. Thank you for being a wonderful and caring dad to our tweens. You would have been the most amazing daddy to our baby girl. In the short time that we knew her, the...
View ArticleHappy 12th Birthday, Lakin!
My oldest daughter Lakin’s 12th birthday was yesterday, but she’s decided that she’s not “officially” a year older until exactly 10:55pm, the time she was born on July 16, 2001. I was going to post...
View ArticleInstaFriday – 9/13/13
It’s Friday! I’m excited to share my week in pictures via Jeannett’s InstaFriday link-up at Life Rearranged. I’m thedestinymanifest on instagram, if you’d like to follow me. I’m excited that I finally...
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